Victoria Richards is a poet, freelance writer and second-year MFA Creative Writing student at The New School. She holds a BS degree in Public Relations from St. John’s University. Victoria has a passi...

Sharisse T. Smith graduated from The New School’s Nonfiction Writing Program in 2013. Since then she has published with The New York Times and Ebony.com, among other publications. Her work will next a...

Who is Ari Spool and why is she running for Mayor of New York City? She's certainly been quite busy this year in between the challenges of a rigorous adult undergraduate academic career, her invaluabl...

There's nothing quite like the wild enthusiasm of incoming MFA students to galvanize your day. This week marks the return of classes and the return of, more importantly, all of our brilliant students....

Every year The Poetry Society of New York transforms Governors Island into the NYC poetry festival for an entire weekend. The festival this year is teeming with an assortment of NYC based reading ser...

The 2013 Summer Writers Colony at The New School has now officially come to a close. While we're saddened by its end, now is a good time to look back at all our students have accomplished the past thr...

Hot Street is a literary journal started by New School alumni Emily Jacobs, Elisha Wagman, Sarah Smetana, and Ian Brown. Their first issue is now available for order online. (You can also check in with Hot Street via their website, Facebook or Twitter.) Recently, I caught up with the Hot Street editorial team about their first issue, the unseen obstacles of publishing, and the community they hope to engender.

On Monday, May 20th at 7:00 p.m. the Riggio Honors Program will be holding the first ever Thought Launch: an interactive think-tank designed to discuss writing and democracy. Join fellow Riggio studen...

Please join us this Friday as we celebrate Issue # 6 of 12th Street Journal. The event will be held at the Union Square Barnes and Noble this Friday, April 26th at 7:00 pm. The evening features readi...

The third annual Paul Violi Prize in Poetry has been awarded to New School Alumna Alex Bennett. The prize was founded in 2011 in remembrance of Paul Violi, who was not only an esteemed and influential...

The Vera List Center for Arts and Politics has announced MFA student Raven Jackson (class of 2014) as the winner for their annual Art Collection Writing Award! Here's their note about this year's them...

New School MFA student Brooke Ellsworth caught up with Adam Fitzgerald about his new poetry collection The Late Parade. Renowned poet John Ashbery exclaimed: "Adam Fitzgerald is a master of defeating...

AWP 2013 was a thrilling mix of eagerness, wisdom and talent. While our New School students danced with literary giants, our faculty offered insights at numerous panels. We didn't manage quite enough ...